La Higuera (Jalisco)
Maps, pictures and statistics of La Higuera, a beautiful large village of 1,372 inhabitants of the State of Jalisco
The town of La Higuera (Jalisco) belongs to the municipality of Tuxpan. There are 1,372 inhabitants and it is 1,006 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Comala is 71 minutes away by car (52 km). It is the most populated town in the position #2 of the whole municipality.
Data: In La Higuera, 33% of the population over 12 years is single and 16% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that La Higuera is located at 15.0 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of Tuxpan, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of La Higuera.
#1 Where is La Higuera? How to go? Map
Online map of La Higuera in Jalisco, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of La Higuera (Jalisco) is 1,372 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 683 | 689 | 1372 |
| 2010 | 626 | 612 | 1238 |
| 2005 | 687 | 632 | 1319 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.66 | 8.99 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Jalisco: | 4.88% | 3.39% |
| Illiterate population: | 4.88% | 7.59% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.55% | 8.99% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 2.33% | 6.23% |
| Schooling level: | 6.95 | 5.67 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.75 | 5.36 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.15 | 5.96 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Tuxpan (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 41.03% | 31.58% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 60.09% | 54.41% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 21.82% | 9.27% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 389 | 428 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.74% | 97.58% |
| Homes with piped water: | 99.49% | 94.24% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 98.97% | 96.36% |
| Homes with a radio: | 78.41% | 79.09% |
| Homes with a television: | 94.09% | 95.76% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 94.60% | 90.00% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 76.86% | 55.45% |
| Homes with a car: | 49.87% | 47.27% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 6.43% | 6.97% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 29.31% | 42.42% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 80.21% | 12.42% |
| Homes with Internet: | 16.20% | 3.64% |
#3 Satellite photo of La Higuera
With the satellite map of La Higuera will I be able to look for my location? Yes, access the map, zoom in and see the surroundings of this town and the municipality of Tuxpan. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of La Higuera.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near La Higuera
Do you want to stay in La Higuera? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to La Higuera:- HOTEL CALIFORNIA: 17 km away, direction Northeast (12 minutes by car)
- HOTEL COLONIAL: 15 km away, direction Northeast (12 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO: 19 km away, direction Northeast (15 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PLAZA VICTORIA: 20 km away, direction Northeast (16 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in La Higuera
Are you visiting and don't know what to do in La Higuera? The list of the best places to visit in La Higuera and nearby locations.Las mejores montes de La Higuera para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro El Candelero (1237 meters): 1.5 km walk (32 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro La Carbonera (1724 meters): 3.4 km walk (45 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro El GachupÃn (1308 meters): 3.4 km walk (47 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro El Chilero (1628 meters): 3.4 km walk (49 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Comala (Colima): Don't miss "Plaza principal", 71 km, heading West (52 minutes by car)
- Báscula de Ganado (6 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the South (1 minutes by car)
- Veintiuno de Noviembre (411 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Southeast (8 minutes by car)
- El Cirián (7 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the West (8 minutes by car)
- El Carrizalillo (6 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the East (8 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of La Higuera (Jalisco)
In La Higuera there is a very characteristic age structure of the population, which you can see in the following population pyramid, with data from 2005. After analyzing the demographic data of La Higuera, separated by men and women, and also by age groups, we can analyze what the future of the population in this town will be like.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 67 | 64 | 131 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 106 | 123 | 229 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 409 | 397 | 806 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 101 | 105 | 206 |
#7 Pictures of La Higuera
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of La Higuera? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like La Higuera.
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#8 The Postal Code of La Higuera (Jalisco) is 49834
Are you going to send a letter to La Higuera? Do you have a friend in La Higuera and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of La Higuera consists of the following 5 digits: 49834. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of La Higuera ("49") correspond to the state code of Jalisco, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#9 Vote for La Higuera as the most beautiful town in Mexico
Do you like La Higuera or don't you like it very much? Now you can vote for La Higuera to let everyone know about it. Use these stars ("0" you don't like it much, "5" you like it a lot) to rate it with your opinion.
In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Jalisco, by popular vote:
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- The most beautiful towns in Jalisco
#10 Schools in La Higuera
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Tuxpan
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Tuxpan
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- Buen PaÃs (224 inhabitants)
- El Duende (1 inhabitants)
- El Pilar (5 inhabitants)
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- Juan Pablo Segundo (3 inhabitants)
- La Esperanza (- inhabitants)
- La Morena (- inhabitants)
- La Piedra Mona (5 inhabitants)
- La Reserva (- inhabitants)
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- Los Laureles (148 inhabitants)
- Pialla (32 inhabitants)
- Platanar (439 inhabitants)
- San Miguel (39 inhabitants)